Rocky Mountain Bee Removal

In a small roofed area that stuck out above a front window on the second story of my house, honey bees had set up a small colony (small being tens of thousands).  Fortunately, they had not gotten into the walls, and were contained in this soffit area.  In researching companies, I discovered that exterminators don't handle honey bees, and I was referred elsewhere.  When removing bees from a home, a hole(s) needs to be cut into an outside wall, or the soffit in this case.  The bees are gassed to make them sleepy and removed to be taken to a new home (bee-keepers love getting bees for honey production).  The honey and combs then need removing, and then the hole(s) need to be repaired and the area needs to be sealed properly, so that the leftover bees (they can't remove every single one, of course) don't move back in and start up the colony again.  Rocky Mountain Bee (or Gregg the Bee Guru) was one of three people/companies in the entire Denver metro area that removed bees AND repaired the work.  There were many others who wanted the bees but said I should look into contractors to repair the damage, after they were done ripping into my house.  I preferred a total service from the same company, so I hired Rocky Mtn. Bee.  Their price was hundreds less than the other two estimates that I received (which frankly seemed overpriced to begin with).  Gregg and his assistant showed up and started work at 6am (I warned the neighbors ahead of time), and by late morning, the bees were contained in a screened box in their truck and the guys had repaired and sealed up the soffit over the window.  The one thing they couldn't do was paint the area as the caulk was still wet.  Both guys were polite and professional, and even offered me some of the honey.  Afterwards, there were a great many angry bees zipping around my front yard (I was told the stragglers usually starve within three days), but it seemed like a danger to anyone who was passing by, so I quickly went to the store and returned with 4 large cans of flying insect killer (that shoot 20ft) and managed to take care of about 90% of the stagglers - a quicker death seemed more humane anyway.  The rest of the stragglers disappeared that night.  I'd highly recommend Rocky Mountain Bee (Gregg the Bee Guru) to anyone in the region who has been invaded by honey bees.  However, if the colony is not in your home, but rather in a tree or something, most likely you can find completely free services over the web to handle the removal.